1st Edition

The Evolution of Sympathy in the Long Eighteenth Century

By Jonathan Lamb Copyright 2009
192 Pages
by Routledge

192 Pages
by Routledge

192 Pages
by Routledge

This work represents a concise history of sympathy in the eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries, considering the phenomenon of shared feeling from five related angles: charity, the market, global exploration, theatre, and torture.

Introduction; Chapter 1 Passion and Power; Chapter 2 Four Kinds of Sympathy; Chapter 3 Sympathy and Persons; Chapter 4 Horrid Sympathy; Chapter 5 Sympathy for the Dead; conclusion Conclusion;

Biography

Jonathan Lamb